Universal Vedanta, A Neo Non-Dualism School

  Dear readers,  Welcome back to our  blog . Today we will discuss tenth shloka of Isha Upanishad.   Without any further delay, let's jump to the Sloka.  अन्यदेवाहुर्विद्ययाऽन्यदाहुरविद्यया ।   इति शुश्रुम धीराणां ये नस्तद्विचचक्षिरे ॥   “anyadevāhurvidyayā’nyadāhuravidyayā |  iti śuśruma dhīrāṇāṃ ye nastadvicacakṣire ||”  Translation in English:  The result of Vidya is different from the result received by following Avidya. We heard that from wise people who taught us so.   Which results the Shloka is indicating? To understand that let me tell you a story of two brothers Vidyasagar and Sushanta. Vidyasagar was naughty, undisciplined, questioning, curious and an experimenter. Sometimes teachers used to be afraid of his questions because they did not have any answers to them. On the other hand, Sushanta was very calm, disciplined, never questioning and used to follow everything blindly. After growing up Sushanta start...

  Laxmi: “Ashok Da! O Ashok Da! Are you at home?”    Ashok: “Yes, Laxmi. Come inside. What happened?”   Laxmi:  “My son Gopal is vomiting incessantly. Is there any Doctor in the health center now?”   Ashok:  “Oh! Laxmi, you know the situation at our health center. There are no doctors in our village as it is far from the town. But there is an MBBS Didi in our neighboring village. Dr. Vidya. She has just got her MBBS done. Did you go to her?”   Laxmi:  “No, Ashok Da, she asks many questions and explains many things but never checks up on the patient and never recommends the right medicine. She confuses everyone with her explanations and all. You are better than her. You always check the patient and be with the patient until he does not get well. I have been seeing you for the last 20 years. You are tirelessly helping villagers. You are better than any MBBS doctor.”    Ashok:  “Okay, okay. Stop praising me. I chec...

Welcome back to our blog. Today we will decode eighth shloka of Isha Upanishad. So, without any further delay, let's recite the Sloka.  स पर्यगाच्छुक्रमकायमव्रणमस्नाविरंशुद्धम् अपापविद्धम् ।  कविर्मनीषी परिभूः स्ययम्भूर्याथातथ्यतोऽर्थान्व्यदधाच्छाश्वतीभ्यः समाभ्यः ॥  “sa paryagācchukramakāyamavraamasnāviraśuddham apāpaviddham |  kavirmanīī paribhū syayambhūryāthātathyato'rthānvyadadhācchāśvatībhya samābhya ||”  Translation in English:   The Self is all-pervasive, seed of everything, bodiless, scatheless, without sinews, pure, untouched by sin; omniscient, master of mind, transcendent, self-existent, duly allotted respective duties to the eternal years.  In this shloka we will understand more about the Self – the 'Aatman'. As it is impossible to relate all these abstract words to any object or any character, hence, rather than explaining this sholka through a story, let's understand this word by word. For the visualization purpose, Rishis created a tran...